Perceptions of Helpful and Unhelpful Responses to Disclosures of Suicidality in a Sample of Mobile App Users.

Findings suggest that listening and expressing care should be prioritized to maximize suicidal individuals' experiences of feeling supported. That said, gender and symptoms impact likelihoods of and experiences with disclosure, which should be considered when receiving suicide-related disclosure.HIGHLIGHTSNearly half of users shared suicidal thoughts and found listener responses helpful.Users most often endorsed listening as helpful and not understanding as unhelpful.Symptom severity and gender informed suicide-related disclosure experiences.